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22-18-1
Section 22-18-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN. Any person 18 years of age or older who satisfies all of the following: a. Has
successfully completed the advanced emergency medical technician course of instruction, or
its equivalent, as approved by the State Board of Health. b. Has passed the state Advanced
EMT examination, as well as having met the requirements for becoming a licensed emergency
medical technician. c. Has been granted a license by the State Board of Health. (2) ADVANCED
LIFE SUPPORT (ALS). The treatment of potentially life-threatening medical emergencies through
the use of invasive medical techniques specified as advanced life support techniques by the
Board of Health, which ordinarily would be performed or provided by licensed physicians, but
which may be performed by emergency medical service personnel during emergencies...
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22-21-29
Section 22-21-29 Inspections. (a) Every hospital licensed under this article shall be open
to inspection to the extent authorized in this section by employees and agents of the State
Board of Health, under rules as shall be promulgated by the board with the advice and consent
of the advisory board. Employees and agents of the board shall also inspect unlicensed and
suspected unlicensed facilities. Nothing in this section shall authorize the board to inspect
quarters therein occupied by members of any religious group or nurses engaged in work in any
hospital or places of refuge for members of religious orders for whom care is provided, but
any inspection shall be limited and confined to the parts and portions of the hospital as
are used for the care and treatment of the patients and the general facilities for their care
and treatment. No hospital shall, by reason of this section, be relieved from any other types
of inspections authorized by law. (b) All inspections undertaken by the...
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22-52-1.1
Section 22-52-1.1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MENTAL
ILLNESS. A psychiatric disorder of thought and/or mood which significantly impairs judgment,
behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illness, as used herein, specifically excludes the primary diagnosis of epilepsy, mental
retardation, substance abuse, including alcoholism, or a developmental disability. (2) STATE
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility operated by the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health. (3) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility other than
a state mental health facility designated by the State Department of Mental Health to receive
persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention or treatment pursuant to the provisions
of this article. (4) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the...
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26-14-7.2
Section 26-14-7.2 Child denied medical treatment due to parents' religious beliefs. (a) When
an investigation of child abuse or neglect by the Department of Human Resources determines
that a parent or legal guardian legitimately practicing his or her religious beliefs has not
provided specific medical treatment for a child, the parent or legal guardian shall not be
considered a negligent parent or guardian for that reason alone. This exception shall not
preclude a court from ordering that medical services be provided to the child when the child's
health requires it. (b) The department may, in any case, pursue any legal remedies, including
the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary
to provide medical care or treatment for a child when the care or treatment is necessary to
prevent or remedy serious harm to the child, or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated
treatments from infants with disabilities and with life-threatening...
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27-1-16
Section 27-1-16 Standard health insurance claim form; electronic claims form; various claim
forms. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall prescribe a standard health
insurance claim form to be used by all hospitals. The forms shall be prescribed in a format
which allows for the use of generally accepted diagnosis and treatment coding systems by providers
of health care and payors. The standard form shall be accepted and used by all insurers doing
business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health care
for hospital services. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall also prescribe
a format for all health insurance claims transmitted or submitted for payment by electronic
or electro-mechanical means. Such a format shall be used by all insurers doing business in
the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health care for hospital
services. (b) An advisory committee of five persons, two...
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33-1-5.2
Section 33-1-5.2 Life and health insurance for certain salaried officers and employees of state
docks. (a) The Alabama State Port Authority is hereby authorized to provide and establish
a plan of life and health insurance for the salaried officers and employees of Alabama state
docks who work full time for the Alabama state docks and receive their compensation on a bi-weekly
basis and also a plan of health insurance for the spouses and dependent children of such officers
and employees and to pay the costs and premiums of such life and health insurance from the
revenues of the Alabama State Port Authority. (b) Such health insurance plan may provide for
group hospitalization, surgical, medical and dental insurance against the financial costs
of hospitalization, surgical, medical and dental treatment and care, and may also include,
among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital in-patient
and out-patient service benefits, including major medical benefits,...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official,
or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child
into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any
physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent
of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the
circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence
or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However,
such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such
actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not
exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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38-15-2
Section 38-15-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that there is a substantial need
to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect by persons entrusted with their physical
custody, and from persons or organizations that advertise, hold themselves out, or lead others
to believe that they will provide them with health, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or disciplinary
services, and from persons employed or exercising authority over them, and who they depend
upon to provide the basic necessities of life. The Legislature further finds that abuse and
neglect often take the form of the withholding of the basic necessities of life, including
food, water, shelter, clothing, and health care through an affirmative act or omission. It
is the intent of the Legislature to implement a baseline of registration and regulation requirements
for religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, and for profit affiliated
youth residential facilities and institutions that have...
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22-55-1
Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby
enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein
in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting
states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious
treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action
to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. Further, the party
states find the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bear
no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary,
the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and
services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose
of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis...
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22-5D-2
Section 22-5D-2 Definitions. As used in this act, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) ELIGIBLE PATIENT. An individual who meets all of the following conditions: a. Has a terminal
illness, attested to by the patient's treating physician. b. Has considered all other treatment
options currently approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. c. Has received a recommendation
from his or her physician for an investigational drug, biological product, or device. d. Has
given written, informed consent for the use of the investigational drug, biological product,
or device. e. Has documentation from his or her physician that he or she meets the requirements
of this subdivision. (2) INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT, or DEVICE. A drug, biological
product, or device that has successfully completed phase 1 of a clinical trial but has not
yet been approved for general use by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and remains under
investigation in a U. S. Food and Drug...
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